Jed Ismael

Jed Ismael

@jedismael177K total followers

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Arab & Middle Eastern 🌍 Openly Gay 🏳️‍🌈 ✨ Sharing my truth so you feel less alone in yours. Reflections, Progress & A Little Chaos. 🎬 Storyteller. Dreamer. Resilient. ✊🏽 Join the journey of finding where we belong. 👇

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I did the impossible for Love (It Didn't Save Us)

As a gay Arab man, this Pride Month, I’m raising my flag high and unapologetically. I don’t have to be masculine to be Arab, feminine to be gay, perfect to be loved, or digestible enough to be accepted. I refuse the labels, boxes, and roles that make people like me disappear. #pridemonth #arabpride #pride #queerarab #arab

As a gay Arab in Berlin, I am heartbroken by what happened at Berlin Pride. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this tragedy, and to the queer community in Berlin and around the world. We deserve safety. We deserve stronger protection. Believe in whatever makes you kinder, stronger, and more whole. Faith is your right. Taking away somebody else’s rights is not. #CSDBerlin #BerlinPride #QueerSafety #GayArab

The Rules That Saved My Life as a Gay Arab

Why the Gay Community Is Turning on Itself #reflection

I'm Arab and gay and this upsets a lot of people. I share my stories because this is still the reality so many queer people live in. My heart is clean. My intentions are clear. And I won’t stop naming the things everyone else avoids.

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Gay, Arab, and Searching for Home | My True Story

https://youtu.be/JcDC-vCWKnM

Berliner Morgenpost Interview — Gay Lebanese Creator on the CSD Attack

https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article412721820/schwuler-libanese-ueber-csd-anschlag-rechtsextreme-nutzen-das-unwissen-ueber-den-islam.html

WEB.DE Feature — Grief and Anger After the CSD Attack

https://web.de/magazine/wissen/psychologie/statements-kameras-fuehlen-blanker-hohn-42552780

feature in rbb24 TV — After the Berlin CSD Attack

https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2026/07/livestream-rbb-spezial-csd-anschlag-abdul-b-gefaehrder-debatte.html

Love, Broken Dreams, and a Little Chaos ( Written version)

https://medium.com/@jedismael/love-broken-dreams-and-a-little-chaos-9f5e859095d0

Homophobia Is Never Just About Being Gay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P32vV-aautg

Gay, Arab, and Refusing to Disappear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fQbNhumdA8

How to Survive Being Gay in the Arab World

https://medium.com/@jedismael/how-to-survive-being-gay-in-the-arab-world-65b76b44c218

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